ValvePython/vdf

vdf.load will fail in python3 on file-like object that return bytes

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rossengeorgiev commented

Ideally the behavior should change to:

  • the module should try to decode as utf-8 by default
  • there should be a keyword argument for specifying encoding
rossengeorgiev commented

Probably best to solve this by wrapping string/file inputs into a BufferedReader.
That way we can seek forward/back to locate BOM, regardless of the input supporting it.

rossengeorgiev commented

After some thought it would be best not to try and automatically handle bytes.